[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3411.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3411_NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 3411.1  Applicability of regulations.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
3411.1 Applicability of regulations.
3411.2 Definitions.
3411.3 Eligibility requirements.
3411.4 How to apply for a grant.
3411.5 Evaluation and disposition of applications.
3411.6 Grant awards.
3411.7 Use of funds; changes.
3411.8 Other Federal statutes and regulations that apply.
3411.9 Other conditions.

     Subpart B_Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications

3411.10 Establishment and operation of peer review groups.
3411.11 Composition of peer review groups.
3411.12 Conflicts of interest.
3411.13 Availability of information.
3411.14 Proposal review.
3411.15 Evaluation factors.

    Authority: Sec. 2(i) of the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 450i(i)).

    Source: 56 FR 57952, Nov. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 60 FR 63368, Dec. 8, 1995.



    (a) The regulations of this part apply to competitive research 
grants awarded under the authority of section 2(b) of the Act of August 
4, 1965, as amended by section 1615 of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (FACT Act), (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), for 
the support of research to further the programs of the Department of 
Agriculture and to improve research capabilities in the agricultural, 
food, and environmental sciences in the following categories: Single 
investigators or coinvestigators in the same disciplines; teams of 
researchers from different disciplines; multidisciplinary teams for 
long-term applied research problems; multidisciplinary teams whose 
research has the eventual goal of technology transfer; institutions for 
improvement of research, development, technology transfer and education 
capacity through the acquisition of special research equipment and 
improvement of teaching and education, including fellowships; single 
investigators or coinvestigators who are beginning their research 
careers; and, faculty of small and mid-sized institutions not previously 
successful in obtaining competitive grants under this subsection. The 
National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP) Board 
of Directors was established by the Assistant Secretary for Science and 
Education to advise the Assistant Secretary on policy issues concerning 
NRICGP. The Board is comprised of the Assistant Secretary for Science 
and Education; the Administrators of the Cooperative State Research 
Service, the Agricultural Research Service, the Extension Service, and 
the Economic Research Service; the Deputy Chief for Research of the 
Forest Service; the Chief Scientist of the NRICGP; and the Director of 
the National Agricultural Library. Any determinations made by the Joint 
Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences, including recommendations 
made by the Agricultural Science and Technology Review Board, and the 
National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board, will 
be taken into consideration by the Board in recommending policies and 
priorities for the NRICGP. The advice of other individuals is also 
encouraged; that advice also is provided to the Board of Directors. The 
Administrator of CSRS shall determine and announce, through publication 
of a Notice in such publications as the Federal Register, professional 
trade journals, agency or program handbooks, the Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance, or any other appropriate means, high-priority 
research areas and categories to improve research capabilities for which 
proposals will be solicited and the extent that funds are available 
therefor.
    (b) The regulations of this part do not apply to grants awarded by 
the Department of Agriculture under any other authority.

[56 FR 57952, Nov. 14, 1991. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 63368, 
63369, Dec. 8, 1995]

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